BadAss2961
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What's he's trying to say is... It's grey.
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Batman vs Superman: World's Finest Three-Year Wait
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What's he's trying to say is... It's grey.
Bobby Roberts
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Jim Lee drew The Dark Knight Returns, right?
No. Frank Miller did.
TheRealTalker
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this is what Man of Steel 2 really needs
the horse particularly
the horse particularly
Schweinehund
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Favorite bat suit is still 70's batman with blue cowl and yellow emblem. New 52 is ok but I prefer arkham origins and knight suit.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
According to the always trustworthy Wikipedia (lol), it was illustrated by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson.
You should just Google Jim Lee batman to see how wrong you are, lol.
Besides, Jim Lee wasn't doing anything for dc when dark Knight came out.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I dunno. I'm pretty sure that's Jim Lee. I remember hearing that Kevin Smith got to look at the suit early and I guess he told people on his blog that people are going to cum buckets or something because it looks just like the Jim Lee suit.
BadAss2961
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Bobby Roberts
Banned
Come on you guys.
Jesus.
Jesus.
The deception is real folks.
BadAss2961
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I do wonder now where he got originally got Jim Lee from. I don't think he'd just make it up.
The suit is straight up TDKR.
Ninja Scooter
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Well the recent pre-new 52 Jim Lee suit and Miller's TDKR suit are pretty similar, other than the fat symbol.
Bobby Roberts
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He never said Jim Lee. It was always something one fan guessed at, and every other fan just ran with it as if it HAD to be the correct guess.
Why everyone guessed Jim Lee based on Smith's response, even when Snyder himself told us he was looking at Dark Knight Returns for inspiration, I don't know.
It was never Jim Lee. We just convinced ourselves it was based on... nothing.
evil solrac v3.0
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Future Foundation
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Remember when Smith first mentioned seeing the costume? The part where he mentioned what it was inspired by got bleeped out. Some people got convinced it was Jim because "the length of the bleep was short, so it lines up with 'Jim Lee'".
I swear to you, this was used as reasoning.
While I don't hate it as much as I used to, I still dislike Superman's New 52 design. The armor-aesthetic is straight out of the 90's, the belt's design is laughable (and again, straight out of the 90's), and hey, the 90's called - they want their future-tech boots back 
The suit looked good in Justice League War, and it was almost entirely because they ditched the majority of the patterning on the costume and adjusted the shape of the belt to look more sleek.
This fan redesign remains my favorite so far. It's not perfect, I think it could afford to lose the seams going down the arms, but overall I find it to be a more well-executed "modern" look for Superman.
The suit looked good in Justice League War, and it was almost entirely because they ditched the majority of the patterning on the costume and adjusted the shape of the belt to look more sleek. This fan redesign remains my favorite so far. It's not perfect, I think it could afford to lose the seams going down the arms, but overall I find it to be a more well-executed "modern" look for Superman.
BadAss2961
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You're right. Rumors swirled out of control to the point where everyone forgot he just said that it was unlike the other movie costumes. lol
In hindsight, the answer was staring us in the face the whole time since they showed the logo.
While I don't hate it as much as I used to, I still dislike Superman's New 52 design. The armor-aesthetic is straight out of the 90's, the belt's design is laughable (and again, straight out of the 90's), and hey, the 90's called - they want their future-tech boots back
This fan redesign remains my favorite so far. It's not perfect, I think it could afford to lose the seams going down the arms, but overall I find it to be a more well-executed "modern" look for Superman.
Looks like a pseudo-vampire show's version of Superman. His face even looks like Bill from True Blood.
DonasaurusRex
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Best suit.
...i agree damn i like that. Kryptonian swag
MisterHero
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Jim Lee has drawn more than one version of Batman
the pseudo prequel to Dark Knight Returns
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Bobby trolled everyone lol.
MisterHero
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Bobby's right, but it's not like Lee and Miller's visions haven't aligned before.
Messypandas
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Now we're measuring beep lengths. The thirst is real.
If you guys could watch 1 unmade DC property (superman lives, miller league, Batman/Superman etc) what would it be?
If you guys could watch 1 unmade DC property (superman lives, miller league, Batman/Superman etc) what would it be?
BadAss2961
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miller league?
I wouldn't want to watch any of them, not even out of curiosity. All the cancelled projects sound like disasters that we're very lucky never happened.
RobotNinjaHornets
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Messypandas
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George Millers - Justice League. Was days away from shooting in 2007
I'll expand a bit
SUPERMAN LIVES - Directed By Tim Burton - Starring Nic Cage - Superman squares off against polar bears, giant spiders - CAN'T FLY - and has a wise-cracking, gay (?) midget robot.
SUPERMAN: FLYBY - Written maybe directed by J.J Abrams - An 'exciting' reboot of Superman. Krypton still exists, is in civial war. Superman dies and Jor El's kills himself by stabbing himself in the stomach to tell Superman he can't die in Krypton Heaven.
BATMAN: YEAR ONE - Directed by Darren Afronsky - Bruce is homeless after his parents are killed. Alfred is an african-american called "Little Al" who runs an auto-repair shop and trains Bruce.
BATMAN TRIUMPHANT - Directed By Joel Schumacher - Starring George Clooney - Batman squares off against Scarecrow. The Joker would return as a hallucination in Batman's mind caused by the Scarecrow's fear toxin. Harley Quinn appeared as a supporting character, written as the Joker's daughter trying to get revenge on Batman for the Joker's death. Schumacher wanted Nicholas Cage or Jeff Goldblum for Scarcrow and Madonna for Harley. Jack Nicholson would cameo as The Joker.
BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN - Starring Christian Bale and Josh Hartnett - Batman is retired and about to get married. After his wife is killed, Superman warns him about the dangers of revenge. Joker is resurrected by Lex Luthor.
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE - Directed by George Miller - Starring Armie Hammer, DJ Cortana, Adam Brody etc - Based loosely on The Tower of Babel, and hinting that its post the events of the Nolanverse (it mentions Ras losing) Batman in his paranoid self sets up a satillete system to keep an eye on the Justice League and document their weaknesses. But somebody else has other plans...
SUPERMAN RETURNS 2 - DIrected by Bryan Singer - Starring Brandon Routh - Singer described this as his "Wrath of Khan" and would have centered around Brainiac who would have originally been from Krypton. He would have followed Superman back to Earth from the remnants of Krypton during his five year trip. Also, the bank robber who shot Superman in the eye around the middle of the first film would turn out to be John Corben, a.k.a. Metallo for the sequel.
Someone of these details are probably totally wrong but you get a rough idea.
YOU CAN ONLY WATCH ONE, ONE TIME.
BadAss2961
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Bobby Roberts
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George Miller's Justice League would be the one I'd pick - if only because a) it would have proven you can have a superhero team-up movie without having to apply The Marvel Formula (TM) and b) it was a huge love letter to Flash, both Barry AND Wally.
The script was posted earlier in the thread - I suggest everyone here give it a read-through. They cast WAY too young for it, but I can't imagine it wouldn't have played anyway. I also thought, with the intro, that the discussions of doing it mo-cap CGI in Alex Ross' style made PERFECT sense as an option, as well.
The script was posted earlier in the thread - I suggest everyone here give it a read-through. They cast WAY too young for it, but I can't imagine it wouldn't have played anyway. I also thought, with the intro, that the discussions of doing it mo-cap CGI in Alex Ross' style made PERFECT sense as an option, as well.
Miles Quaritch
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Would watch for Aranofsky though.
Bobby Roberts
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Frank Miller helped write that Year One script, too. Crazy/Drunk/Awful Frank Miller rewriting/adapting one of the last of his lucid and decent comics.
Unspeakable Evil
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Almost had to use his AK
Miles Quaritch
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This is the one that would have had Nicholson coming back as Joker right?
I must admit, I would've loved to have seen that...
Marion Cobretti
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That Bobby troll was too good.
Messypandas
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Yeah its my pick too. I haven't read through it yet but a lot of sites say its actually very strong. I really liked the inclusion of the themed cafe (from Kingdom Come first?) would really help alleviate some of that 'heaviness' DC to seem to have associated with the brand. Very meta, but I have a feeling Whedon will get their first in the next Avengers.
Have you ever flicked through the Art of Alex Ross book? Theres a forward by M. Night Shyamalan. Everyone shits on the guy, but he does an awesome reading of this picture:
I think he would have done a really good Superman/Justice League flick.
Messypandas
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I like it. Thread worthy?
Miles Quaritch
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Ninja Scooter
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Justice
Just Ice
Mr Freeze cameo?
Just Ice
Mr Freeze cameo?
Messypandas
Member
Fucking awful name.
No Man of Steel 2.
No World's Finest.
What the hell is Dawn of Justice supposed to mean?
Why is Batman first and not Superman?
It sounds like some cheesy fan video.
Extra Sauce
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Father_Brain
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Aronofsky directing Batman would have undeniably been pretty fascinating, though. But I can't blame WB for being less than eager to greenlight that take on the character.
Hmm...follows the same logic as every cameo rumor with this movie.
I expect a story on Variety about it in the morning.
Prince of Space
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I remember reading about this on Dark Horizons back in the day. I was excited to see Scarecrow on film (esp. with Nicholson's Joker coming back as a hallucination), but not under Schumacher's direction.
……forgetit
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So we all agree this is a Batman movie right?
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